A/YL-NSW/195
Plan Area Nam Sang Wai
District Tuen Mun & Yuen Long District
Date of Application Received 21/01/2010
Location Lots 1288 S.B RP (part), 1289 S.B RP (part) and 1292 S.B RP (part) in D.D. 115, Tung Shing Lei, Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, New Territories
Proposal Proposed Residential Development and Filling of Ponds
Expiry Date for Making Comments on Application (No. of Comments Already Available for Public Inspection) 19/02/2010 (2)
Other two applications nearby. Also pond filling. 原來附近還有二個，都係填塘。
A/YL-NSW/197 is very close to a nesting colony of egrets and herons at Tung Shing Lane. If approved, abandonment of this colony is very likely as they like open landscape in front of their colony.
These pond filling applications (A/YL-NSW/195-196-197) will significant cause wetland loss and will have direct impacts on the nesting birds. As the flight distance from the nesting colony to their first landing habitat of nesting birds is 2 km, it is expected that these applications will have adverse impacts on the nesting birds at Tung Shing Lane. Also, net wetland loss in Deep Bay.
[ Last edited by wcaptain at 17/02/2010 12:08 ] Author: subbuteo Time: 17/02/2010 11:40
An alarming number of car parking spaces required for ten houses, from the gist:
**Including 329 Car Parking Spaces for Residents and 20 Car Parking Spaces for Visitors
A mistake? Author: wcaptain Time: 18/02/2010 12:40
Some keypoints learnt from the planning statements
A/YL-NSW/195-196
(1) within Wetland Conservation Area
(2) No ecological baseline study - no information about birds and other wildlife
(3) Cause direct wetland loss (fishpond loss) - but no mention the area of wetland loss
(4) No compensation plan. Just a landscape water body of unclear intention
(5) Is not in line with the "no net loss principle" of Town Planning Board guideline on developments in Deep Bay (TPBG No 12B)
(6) No study of the possible impact on a major nesting colony at Tung Shing Lane (about 80 nests)
A/YL-NSW/197
(1) No study of the possible impact on a major nesting colony at Tung Shing Lane (about 80 nests). The colony is within 50 m of the subject area
(2) No ecological baseline study - no information about birds and other wildlife
(3) Cause direct wetland loss (fishpond loss) - but no mention the area of wetland loss
(4) No compensation plan.
[ Last edited by wcaptain at 18/02/2010 12:54 ] Author: wcaptain Time: 18/02/2010 12:53
